U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY RIGHT NOW AT 6:00 NEW DETAILS ON MURDER OF A LIKE WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE ON HIS WAY TO TEMPLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE NAIR OWNING IN ON A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BUT THEY STILL NEED YOUR HELP TRACKING HIM DOWN. LOCAL10 NEWS CRIME SPECIALIST JOHN TURCHIN IS LIVE IN NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE WITH WHAT DETECTIVES NEED, JOHN. Reporter: RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL PIECES IN PLACE. WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE IS THAT ONE PERSON TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, THE ONE PERSON WHO THEY KNOW SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND CAN ACTUALLIEN TAKE THE PERSON THAT THEY KNOW WAS IN THE AREA AND TIE HIM TO THE SHOOTING, PLACE HIM RIGHT AT THAT CRIME SCENE. FROM THE GET-GO THEY'VE BEEN DETERMINED TO FIND THE TWO MEN WHO GUNNED DOWN RABBI JOSEPH RACK CIN MURDERED WHILE WALKING TO TEM PELL DURING THE SABBATH. NOW LOCAL10 HAS LEARNED DETECTIVES MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND ARE CLOSING IN ON THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE. IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL BETTER THAT THEY'RE CLOSER. IT WILL MAKE ME FEEL BETTER WHEN I SEE HANDCUFFS AND HEAR OF AN ARREST. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE ARE NOT SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE IN SOMEBODY'S COMMUNITY WHO KNOWS THESE TWO DIES ARE MURDERERS. Reporter: ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES INVESTIGATORS COLLECTED FORENSIC EVIDENCE AT THE MURDER SCENE AND ALONG WITH SOME KEY EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY AND SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A HOMEOWNER THAT SHOWS A MAN RUNNING FROM THE AREA RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING, DETECTIVE HAVE NARROWED THEIR FOCUS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SEEN AND CAN IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE CRIME SCENE. IF IT'S NOT DONE PROPERLY AND RUSHED, THEN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE CHARGES. Reporter: BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY IS SILL ON EDGE, ESPECIALLY AMID THE HEIGHTENED TENSION IN ISRAEL AND GAZA AND A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITIC BEHAVIOR HERE. AS FOR SECURITY, PATROLS ARE SPARSE, QUITE A CONTRAST TO THE POLICE PRESENCE WEEKS AGO. PEOPLE ONLY TRAVELING IN GROUPS, CAREFUL ABOUT THEIR SURROUNDINGS. WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD AM I LIVING IN? WHAT IS THIS? I HAVE TO LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER? AM I SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID TO KIERA KIPFA? WHY AM I SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF MY IDENTITY? WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID TO WALK THE STREETS? WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU? Reporter: AND THAT IS A PREVAILING FEELING RIGHT NOW. THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF FEAR HERE. IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT TO THESE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. AND TONIGHT IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY EASIER BECAUSE THIS WILL TO BE THIRD SABBATH, THE THIRD SET OF FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE SINCE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AND PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING THESE STREETS IN JUST ABOUT AN HOUR ON THEIR WAY TO TEMPLE AND ARE HOPING TO FEEL SAFE IN DOING SO. THERE ARE PLENTY OF POLICE OFFICERS OUT HERE, BUT ONE OTHER THING, IF YOU'RE THAT PERSON THAT KNOWS SOMETHING, THERE ARE 50,000 REASONS TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL. THERE'S A $50,000 REWARD BEING

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -

Investigators are making progress in tracking down the gunman who shot and killed a rabbi in North Miami Beach.

Investigators said they've obtained home surveillance video that shows a man running from the scene shortly after the shooting.

Some residents have even dug into their own pockets to pay for private patrols. Others have started an initiative to raise half a million dollars to install cameras on every block.

But the Jewish community in North Miami Beach is still on edge, especially amid the tension in the Middle East.

Rabbi Joseph Raksin was gunned down while walking to temple earlier this month. He was visiting relatives at the time. Police said they are now searching for two men involved in the shooting.

"I find it hard to believe there aren't several hundred people in somebody's community that knows these two guys are murderers," said Chaim Berkowitz, a concerned resident in the area. "These guys are big guys in their neighborhoods, so somebody for sure knows these two guys are murderers and nothing is happening about it."

Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information related to the case, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.

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